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Study of Rocks
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Study of Rocks
Study of Rocks
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Study of Rocks
Date
c.1752 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, touched with white, on blue-green paper
Dimensions
Metric: 173 x 310 mm
Imperial: 6 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.31
Wilson Online Reference
D138
Description
There are rocks surmounted by bushes on the right and at the left a suggestion of distant mountains with clouds
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; inscribed lower centre to left of rock: Inclin'd to | yellow
Bibliography
Binyon 43
Biographies
John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
Documents
Laurence Binyon,
Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
